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The Occupy Wall Street movement has become a topic of national discussion. Camped out in lower Manhattan for over a month, the protestors have spawned copycat events across the nation and abroad. While some identify with the frustration of youth trying to break into a job market that supplies a meager one job for every [...]
Remember Yahoo, Gordo. It’s like Abracadabra. In the time travel movie Frequency, this Yahoo stock tip was passed through time to the six-year-old Gordo via a mysterious interplay of a ham radio and the aurora borealis. This small bit of incomprehensible information was not only retained by Gordo, but later, when he grew up and [...]
You’ve got money to invest. But it seems that once you have a few bucks, everyone wants to put their hand in your pocket—and keep it there—forever! We’re not talking about your loser brother-in-law. We’re talking about real business partners who want big percentages of all your returns. In the last 80 years, stocks have [...]
Have your heard this old tale? During a flood, a kind-hearted frog lets a scorpion ride to safety on his back. But, just as they reach the middle of the river, the scorpion stings the frog. As they both sink beneath the waves, the frog asks, “Why did you sting me?” “It’s my nature,” says [...]
So it appears that the Delphic oracles have emerged from the modern day temple of Apollo, that being Wall Street, to share their wisdom. What is their sage advice you may ask? Sell! Sell your stocks and hunker down in a more defensive position. The numbers are in – employment growth down, real estate down, [...]
Burton Malkiel’s famous tome, “The Random Walk Guide to Investing,” begins with the right exhortation for most investors: Fire your investment adviser today. Although it takes moxy to say “no” to that special someone who has earned your trust, the facts reveal that your investments will do far better with your wealth manager’s hands no [...]
Not everyone is a do-it-yourself investor. According to Forrester Research, 30 percent of all investors want to delegate their investment decisions to someone else. Unfortunately, most “delegators” will spend more time shopping for a car than they will calculating the true cost of the investment advice they use to protect the nest egg they spend [...]
The bestselling book “Freakonomics” chronicles the search for the hidden incentives behind all sorts of behavior. It characterizes the field of economics as the study of incentives – how people get what they want, or need, especially when other people want or need the same thing. “Freakonomics” gives entertaining examples of how odd results can [...]
Whether a reference to George Orwell’s authoritarian character from Nineteen Eighty-Four, or a more affectionate reference to an older, more experienced sibling who is looking out for your interests, some form of the Big Brother spirit is at work in the current financial reform laws. In a passionate attempt to protect the individual investor from [...]
In competitive pursuits, there are established and transparent measurement systems to determine not just performance but how performance is achieved. In professional sports, a variety of statistics are used to compare individual and team performance. Everyone from team managers to owners to bookies use these common statistics. And because the statistics don’t like, there is [...]
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